Friday,
April 24th, 4:00PM-6:00PM,
Looking for Langston virtual
screening courtesy Maysles Cinema and
Poet House on Twitter. Co-presented with Poets House
Shot in sumptuous monochrome,
Looking for Langston is a lyrical exploration - and recreation - of the private world of poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967) and his fellow black artists and writers who formed the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s. Directed by Julien while he was a member of Sankofa Film and Video Collective, and assisted by the film critic and curator Mark Nash, who worked on the original archival and film research, the 1989 film is a landmark in the exploration of artistic expression, the nature of desire and the reciprocity of the gaze, and would become the hallmark of what B. Ruby Rich named New Queer Cinema.
This is a FREE event, which will be live streamed on the
Poets House Twitter on April 24 then posted online. The film begins at 4:00PM and the live-stream panel discussion will immediately follow. More details and online tickets at the Maysles Cinema site:
LINK
HarlemBespoke.com 2020
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